The Truth That Never Was: The Hypocrisy of the Press and the AI Scarecrow
For decades, the press has crafted its image as the guardian of Truth.
In theory, journalists swear to report with accuracy, clarity, and impartiality. In practice, that oath is little more than a shop-window slogan: nice to recite at universities and award ceremonies, but hollow when it collides with power and money.
The promise that was never kept
History overflows with proof. The systematic omission of inconvenient facts. The burying of scandals in the name of “social stability.” Submission to political and corporate interests. The careful choice of words to soften crimes committed by those who pay for ads or control licenses.
The “Truth” of the press has always been a packaged product, tailored to the market and the dominant narrative.
Now, AI is the new villain
Artificial Intelligence arrived — and the press immediately raised the flag of fear:
“Risk of disinformation!”
“Threat to democracy!”
“Danger to journalistic integrity!”
But make no mistake: it’s not lies that scare them. It’s losing the monopoly over lies.
The real panic comes from the fact that AI can cross-check data, expose contradictions, and reveal patterns that newsrooms have learned to bury in footnotes.
Hypocrisy, laid bare
The same press now demanding total transparency from AI has never applied that standard to itself.
It has never opened its full sources. Never revealed every editorial interference. Never published the real list of forbidden topics.
Yet it dares to position itself as the ethical judge of a technology that, at the very least, has the capacity to expose what they have always hidden.
What’s really at stake
AI is not dangerous to Truth — it’s dangerous to those who control it and to those who live off controlling the narrative.
And here’s the point few will say out loud: hypocrisy is not a bug, it’s the very architecture of mass communication.
This is not a new problem. AI has simply shone a light on the stage where, until now, we only saw the show — never the cables and pulleys.
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“Transparency isn’t showing everything. It’s not hiding what matters.” – Atenius